Vegas 4, edit and export for web aspect ratio problems

[Gary Kleiner]

Seems like you are doing it all right as far as Vegas is involved.

Gary Kleiner

Learn Vegas and DVD Architect

http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com

[Techman05]

What ratio are you working with? What codec are you using to export to the web?

[Dholzemer]

Ok,
So maybe squeeze is the culprit and doesn’t know how to interpolate from the PAR .9 to PAR 1. So it just squished everything.

Let me give you a little background on why I am/having to take this approach. The bosses have decided they want to get onto the video podcasting wagon, and while we’re doing the mp4, lets do a QuickTime (mov) Flash (FLV) and WMV MBR. Squeeze, as I am sure you know can take one file and create all these formats from one push of a button.
So everything we’re shooting is for the web, but since it’s captured as NTSC DV, I’m stuck with 720×480 PAR .9. And like I said Vegas 4 can’t do this, but they want some title graphics and lower thirds credits etc so thats why I’m using Vegas 4 for editing. and all my questions, I keep telling them “dammit Jim, I’m a compressionist not an editor” 🙂

So then let me ask you this.
Again based on my original capture NTSC DV 720×480 PAR .9 in Premiere pro 1.0.

Is there anything I do using vegas 4, to get vegas to do all the interpolation for me before I send it over to squeeze? I noticed in the Project setting in vegas you can choose NTSC Square PAR 1, 640×480.
If I use this setting will it mess up my NTSC PAR 9 video capture when it is brought in? Or if I do use it do I have to make any other setting changes? I am also using those graphics I created in Photoshop CS2, would I have to recreate them so that are 640 x 480?
And finally after I have my editing done how would I export it to make sure I am sending squeeze the right PAR 1 format. I’m guessing that I wouldn’t be able to use the NTSC DV avi setting. Is there another setting to use so that I can still get a high quality export to run through squeeze?

I know these are a lot of questions, and I’m asking for advice on workflows to take a mini-dv tape capture edit and spit out for the web, but I’m just a little out of my league when it comes to this NLE stuff.
Or are there any books that talk specifically about using Vegas for creating web video? Most of the books I’ve seen on Vegas barely touch on this.

Thanks for your patience with me!
David

[Dholzemer]

Hey Now,
I’m getting closer…at least with my graphics.

My graphics created in PShop CS2 using the DV PAR9 template I have working and here is what I did.

In Vegas 4…
Set my project setting to: NTSC Square Pixel (640×480, 29.970 fps)
Dropped my 2 graphics on the timeline (1 is a logo the other a lower thirds banner.
Then for each graphic I clicked on the crop tool, with the crop box open, I right-click on the graphic and found a menu for “Match Output Aspect” so I clicked that.

Then I tried an export NTSC Square Pixel (640×480, 29.970 fps)and man if that didn’t work great!

So I guess the last question, the unsolved one, since I don’t have my raw footage here, is how do you match the playing dv video into this mix?
Do I do the same thing and use the crop tool and choose “Match Output Aspect”.

Thanks again for any advice!
David